craps
Shooter's betting game
Craps is a dice game popular in casinos, where players bet on the outcome of rolled dice.
The name likely comes from the Louisiana French term for the losing throw, not from the vulgar word for excrement—though the resemblance invites jokes.
To shoot craps is to play the game: They were shooting craps in the back room.
To crap out means to fail or lose, derived from the game.
One who fires weapons
Casino table attendant
- house-edgeCasino's statistical advantage
- compedGiven at no cost
- whaleHuge sea mammal
- highrollerExtravagant casino patron
Staking money on outcomes
- wageringRisking money on outcomes
- stakesPosts or wagers
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- bankrollSupply funds for
payout · hedge · pressing · parlay · vig · edge · session · buy-in
Surge of intense excitement
- adrenalineEmergency response hormone
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- cheersCasual toast or farewell
- energyPower to do work
frenzy · spectacle · crowd · roar · tension · celebration · groans · high-fives
shooter
One who fires weapons
croupier
Casino table attendant
- house-edgeCasino's statistical advantage
- compedGiven at no cost
- whaleHuge sea mammal
highroller · dealers · cashier · chips · cage · tipping · marker
betting
Staking money on outcomes
bankroll · payout · hedge · pressing · parlay · vig · edge · session · buy-in
thrill
Surge of intense excitement
- adrenalineEmergency response hormone
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- cheersCasual toast or farewell
energy · frenzy · spectacle · crowd · roar · tension · celebration · groans · high-fives · whooping
feces
Solid digestive waste
scat · manure · poop · poo · waste · defecation · ordure · muck · turds · guano
fortune
Wealth or destiny
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
- streakUnbroken series
- Dice GamesYahtzee, poker dice, chuck-a-luck, hazard, yacht
- gamblinggamble, gambling, casinos, casino, bets
- Casinoscasino, casino floor, gaming floor, chips, casino chips
- Las Vegascasino, slot machine, gambling, blackjack, poker
- Riverboat Gamblingriverboat casino, floating casino, poker, blackjack, roulette
- gambling tacticsbasic strategy, card counting, betting strategy, betting systems, running count
crapsslots
Narrow elongated openings
slot machines · video poker · poker · blackjack · keno
crapsfamily games
Recreational activities for households
parlor games · children's games · board games · free play · saving
- holy crapCrude amazement phrase
- crab cakesSeasoned patties of flaked shellfish
- full of crapSaying untrue things
- piece of crapWorthless, shoddy thing
- cut the crapCease speaking nonsense
- does a bear crap in the woodsSarcastic confirmation of obviousness
crab, crap, crapped, crapshoot, crapping, crapshoots, crapshooter, crapshooters, crapware